Lament For Kinsale waltz

There are 3 recordings of this tune.

Lament For Kinsale has been added to 5 tunebooks.

One setting

X: 1
T: Lament For Kinsale
R: waltz

M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
E2 AB c5 | B2 A6 | E2 AB c5 | Bcde =f4 | e2 d2 B3A | G8 | g6 B2 | c3 B2 A3 | G3 A5|
E2 AB c3 B2 | A2 G2 A4 | E2 AB c5 |Bcde =f4 | e2 d2 B3A | G8 | g6 B2 | c3 B2 A3 | G3 A5|
A (3Bcd e3 d | e6 ab | c'6 b2 | a8 | g2a2 b4 | gab a4 g | efg d3 ed | B2 c6 | Bcde =f4 | e2 d2 B3A | G3 A5|
e4 a4 | a3 g e2 a2 | a3 g e a | b6 g2 | e3 d3 a6 | a3 g e2 a4 | a3 g efg d3 ed | B2 c6 | Bcde =f4 | e2 d2 B3A | G3 A5|
e4 a4 | a3 g e2 a2 | (9ABcdefgab | c'6 b2 | a8 g2a2 b4 | g2 ab a3 g | efg d3 ed | B2 c6 | Bcde =f4 | e2 d2 B3A | G3 A5||

Two comments

Lament For Kinsale

A lovely slow air I believe to be associated with the work of the late Seamus Creagh, who was based in Kinsale for many years.

Tune of reference here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqwArTSAr8k

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Re: Lament For Kinsale

Sounds like 4/4 time, not a waltz.
Notation also veering to 4/4. Very nice tune.

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